UPDATED: Comprehensive Schedule of Upcoming Superhero Movies
Yesterday morning, Warner Bros. issued a press-release with the upcoming dates for all of its big DC Comics movie properties through 2020.
If you’ve been paying attention, though, you’re no doubt aware that there are also a lot of upcoming Marvel Studios properties with release dates set for roughly the same time frame. UPDATE: A week after publishing this list, Marvel announced their Phase 3 plans, with release dates up through 2019. These have been added below.
That’s not to mention the upcoming schedules for the X-Men and Fantastic Four characters still controlled by Fox, as well as the Spider-Man characters still held by Sony.
All told, there are so many upcoming superhero movies with release dates in place that it’s hard to keep track of when what is coming where.
Not anymore. I’ve scoured the Internet for press releases (and Wikipedia pages) to compile, for your reading pleasure, a complete list of every superhero property currently scheduled for an upcoming release. I’ve color-coded them so you’ll know which properties have the potential to cross over with one another, based on which studio owns the rights to the characters. Enjoy.
Color Code by Studio/Shared Universe:
Warner Brothers: DC Comics Properties
Marvel Studios: Avengers Properties
FOX: X-Men and Fantastic Four Properties
Sony: Spider-Man Properties
2015:
May 1: Avengers: Age of Ultron
July 17: Ant-Man
August 7: The Fantastic Four
2016:
February 12: Deadpool
March 25: Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
May 6: Captain America: Civil War
May 27: X-Men: Apocalypse
August 5: Suicide Squad
November 4: Doctor Strange
November 11: The Sinister Six
2017:
May 3: The Wolverine 2
May 5: Guardians of the Galaxy 2
June 23: Wonder Woman
July 14: The Fantastic Four 2
July 28: Thor: Ragnarok
November 3: Black Panther
November 17: Justice League Part One
TBA: Female-Centric Superhero Movie from Spider-Man Universe
2018:
March 23: The Flash
May 4: Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1
July 6: Captain Marvel
July 27: Aquaman
November 2: Inhumans
TBA: The Amazing Spider-Man 3
2019:
April 5: Shazam
May 3: Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2
June 14: Justice League Part Two
2020:
April 3: Cyborg
June 19: Green Lantern
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED, NO RELEASE DATES:
Man of Steel 2
Batman
X-Force
Venom: Carnage
IN DEVELOPMENT:
Nick Fury
Black Widow/Hawkeye Team-Up
Hulk
Runaways
Blade
In addition, there are multiple television properties in production that will share the same universes as the movie characters.
Current and Ongoing:
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: ABC
Arrow (Not Part of the Warner Bros/DC Cinematic Universe): CW
The Flash (Not Part of the Warner Bros/DC Cinematic Universe): CW
2015:
January: Marvel’s Agent Carter: ABC
May: Marvel’s Daredevil: Netflix Original
TBA: Marvel’s Jessica Jones: Netflix Original
TBA: Marvel’s Luke Cage: Netflix Original
TBA: Marvel’s Iron Fist: Netflix Original
TBA: Marvel’s The Defenders: Netflix Original
You haven’t even scratched the surface! Let’s not forget the rumored X-Men TV show, the Power Rangers reboot, Painkiller Jane, Big Hero 6, and a slew of non-Big Two adaptations. There’s also a Walking Dead spin-off on the way.
All these things said, I am excited by a few possibilities, including a rumored Captain Marvel / Ms. Marvel movie. But only if it’s basically a film adaptation of Kelly Sue Deconnick’s run.